Rocket Collection (page 8)

The Rocket (engraving)
665822 The Rocket (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rocket. Illustration from Our Own Country (Cassell, c 1870)

Caught in the glare of a German light-producing projectile
STC359645 Caught in the glare of a German light-producing projectile: A British patrol in peril between the trenches, 1914-19 (litho) by English School

A mounted warrior with rocket-launchers, Indian, c. 1795 (brass)
AME119070 A mounted warrior with rocket-launchers, Indian, c.1795 (brass) by Indian School, (18th century); height:17.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; Indian

How to fire a royal salute, illustration from Tratado de Artilleria
XIR217843 How to fire a royal salute, illustration from Tratado de Artilleria by Diego Ufano, Brussels, 1613 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Flemish School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Early Satellites and Rockets, 1948 (colour litho)
2630069 Early Satellites and Rockets, 1948 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eGraphicaArtis; American, out of copyright

Volunteer Life Brigade, sending a Rocket to a Wrecked Ship (engraving)
1624938 Volunteer Life Brigade, sending a Rocket to a Wrecked Ship (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Volunteer Life Brigade)

Indian soldier (rocket man) of Tipu Sultans army, using his rocket as a flagstaff, Madras, 1793-94 (w / c on paper)
3869532 Indian soldier (rocket man) of Tipu Sultans army, using his rocket as a flagstaff, Madras, 1793-94 (w/c on paper) by Home, Robert (1752-1834); Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Come Back to Me! Tale by Clement Scott (engraving)
1614421 Come Back to Me! Tale by Clement Scott (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Come Back to Me! Tale by Clement Scott)

Mikhail Vasilyevich Melnikov (1919-1996), rocket engine designer - Anonymous
FIA5407379 Mikhail Vasilyevich Melnikov (1919-1996), rocket engine designer - Anonymous. Color photography Private Collection by Anonymous; Private Collection; Photo eFine Art Images; out of copyright

Great Britains Naval Preparations (litho)
1605004 Great Britains Naval Preparations (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great Britains Naval Preparations)

Nasmyth sketches Stephensons engine (litho)
976611 Nasmyth sketches Stephensons engine (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A young James Nasmyth sketching George Stephensons locomotive Rocket)

Detail of Rocket, end view, from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (pen & ink on paper)
3697588 Detail of Rocket, end view, from Rastricks notebook, 1829 (pen & ink on paper) by Rastrick, John Urpeth (1780-1856); Science Museum, London

The Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus at Dover (engraving)
1047010 The Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus at Dover (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus at Dover)

The Proposed National Museum of Patents (engraving)
1053289 The Proposed National Museum of Patents (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Proposed National Museum of Patents)

A Steam-Ship on the Rocks, the Life Brigade firing a Rocket (engraving)
1061452 A Steam-Ship on the Rocks, the Life Brigade firing a Rocket (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Steam-Ship on the Rocks)

Herge's rocket
Jef Van den Houte

Night launch
Jef Van den Houte

The Approach
Michiel Hageman

Royal Navy Rocket Ship during the invasion of Normandy, attacking a beach ahead of Canadian landings. Picture taken by Lieut. Cdr A.O. Tate. 27th September 1944

Sergenat W Page of Coulsdon, Surrey, and Leading Aircraftman G Skelsey of London fit a long-range fuel tank to a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 137 Squadron RAF at B78 Eindhoven, Holland

Trawler being attacked by Beaufighters of the R. A. F. equipped with rocket projectiles
Trawler being attacked by Beaufighters of the R.A.F. equipped with rocket projectiles. Picture taken off the coast of Holland

King George VI inspects Typhoons fitted with rocket projectiles. Picture taken 31st May 1944

R. A. F ground crew equipping Beaufighters with rocket projectiles
R.A.F ground crew equipping Beaufighters with rocket projectiles. These Beaufighters have been attacking shipping off the Dutch and Norwegian Coast Lines. Picture taken 28th May 1944

Home guard gunners carrying the rocket shells. Picture taken 8th July 1942 ****note to editors - some paint exists on this picture****

Rocket projector drill for the Home Guard during the Second World War. West Midlands. Circa 1942

Under the eye of a "Regular"Home Guards learn the art of loading
Under the eye of a " Regular" Home Guards learn the art of loading. Rocket projector drill during the Second World War. West Midlands. Circa 1942

Testing at the Rocket Propulsion Establishment, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, Thursday 5th November 1964

St Davids Hall, Cardiff, Wales. Tuesday 8th March 1983. Pictured, pupils from the Coed Y Gof Welsh Primary School, Fairwater

Terry Nation script writer for the BBC science fiction series Dr Who and creator of " The Daleks". Seen here at the BBC studios at Lime Grove in West London. 27th January 1969

Bonfire spectacular over the River Mersey. 5th November 1991

V2 Rocket incident at Bethnal Green. 8th February 1945

World War Two - Second World War - A German V2 rocket blasts off in what is likely to be a test flight from the Peenemnde test base. Circa : 1943. (Kemsley picture date 26/02/1957)

Tamu, a twelve months old female baby elephant at the circus attempts to light the rocket held by her monther. The fireworks of course are both dummies. November 1961 P023637

V2 Rocket incident at Bethnal Green. 8th February 1945

V2 Rocket incident near Herbert Road, Woolwich. OPS Flattened houses and the street full of debris. 7th November 1944

V2 Rocket incident at Middlesex St, Aldgate East. OPS wrecked Norwegian Naval College. 10th November 1944

V2 Rocket incident at Tewkesbury Terrace, Bounds Green Road, Southgate. Parts of the rocket after the explosion. 16th September 1944

V2 Rocket incident at a brush factory, High Street, Waltham Cross. OPS N. F
V2 Rocket incident at a brush factory, High Street, Waltham Cross. OPS N.F.S working among the wreckage. 10th January 1945

V2 Rocket incident at Farrant Avenue, Lordship Lane, Wood Green. Dogs helping search for survivors. 3rd March 1945

V2 Rocket incident near Palmers Green Station. A piece of rail in a garden after the explosion. 7th November 1944

V2 Rocket incident at a paint factory, Downham Road, Hoxton. OPS N. F
V2 Rocket incident at a paint factory, Downham Road, Hoxton. OPS N.F.S working among the wreckage. 8th January 1945

V2 Rocket incident at a N. F.s workshop, Ilford. 8th February 1945
V2 Rocket incident at a N.F.S workshop, Ilford. 8th February 1945

V2 Rocket incident at Noel Park Estate, Gladstone terrace, Wood Green. 13th February 1945

V2 Rocket incident at Waltham Abbey. Fractured water and gas mains 7th March 1945

V2 Rocket incident at Tottenham Grammar School. 15th March 1945

V2 Rocket incident at Chingford Road, Walthamstow. Remains of a surface shelter in which 8 people were killed and many more casualties in surrounding houses. 8th February 1945

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